China has discovered a gold mine of hundred tons at the bottom of the sea

China has discovered a 328-ton gold mine, near the 470-ton gold mine two weeks ago off the coast of Shandong province.

China has discovered a new gold mine in the sea off Shandong province

According to People, the new gold mine is located in Sa Linh, the waters off Lai Chau town, in Yantai city, Shandong province, northeastern China. This year, Yantai discovered 31 new gold mines, bringing the total newly discovered gold reserves to 979 tons.

"The 470-ton gold mine discovered north of Tam Son Island is the largest gold mine in Chinese history ever discovered. Now more of this 328-ton gold mine in Sa Linh" , the person in charge of the City's Department of Natural Resources Yen Dai said.

China has discovered more gold mines than 300 tons.(Photo: Youth).

According to the Department of Natural Resources of Yantai City, mines of 50 tons or more are considered super large mines . The discovery of new mines with reserves of more than 300 tons is important. For a long time, gold mining has created jobs for hundreds of workers, raising the average income of local people, as well as increasing the government's tax revenue. There is a ton of gold in China worth about 280 million yuan (nearly 44 million USD).

Yen Dai is known as the "golden city" in China, with the largest gold reserves in the country, which also has the highest gold mining output in the country continuously for 39 years. In particular, the total reserve of unexploited gold mines is about 3,000 tons.

However, the newly discovered giant gold mines are deep in the seabed 2,000 meters, so it cannot be exploited because of limited techniques.

Mr. Lu Tri Giang, representative of Tam Vien geological exploration and exploitation company, said that in South Africa, gold exploitation level has reached exploitation at a depth of 3-4km, while in China, new technology just stop at 1.5km.